"Marathon runners talk about hitting 'the wall' at the twenty-third mile of the race. What rowers confront isn't a wall; it's a hole - an abyss of pain, which opens up in the second minute of the race. Large needles are being driven into your thigh muscles, while your forearms seem to be splitting. Then the pain becomes confused and disorganized, not like the windedness of the runner or the leg burn of the biker but an all-over, savage unpleasantness. As you pass the five-hundred-meter mark, with three-quarters of the race still to row, you realize with dread that you are not going to make it to the finish, but at the same time the idea of letting your teammates down by not rowing your hardest is unthinkable...Therefore, you are going to die. Welcome to this life."-- Ashleigh Teitel
"It's a great art, is rowing. It's the finest art there is. It's a symphony of motion. And when you're rowing well Why it's nearing perfection- And when you reach perfection You're touching the divine. It touches the you of you's Which is your soul."--George Pocock
"Don't blow your load on the first stroke, fellas."--Unknown
"There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain." -- Aeschylus
"MCP, maximum controled pressure. No tomorrow, no waiting, nothing beyond the moment. We seek the perfect balance--total abandon on the drive, total control on the recovery."--Unknown
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